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APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMER - INTERMEDIATE
A challenging opportunity to join an international organization.
Position: Applications Programmer - Intermediate
Reports to: Director, Information Technology
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
What We Do:
The sales-driven Oppenheimer Group is an international produce marketing
company that has been providing world-class produce solutions for over 140
years. Our head office is located in Vancouver, British Columbia and our US
offices are located in Seattle, Los Angeles, Visalia, Wilmington, Houston,
Chicago, Miami and Tampa. We also have an office in Calgary, Alberta and
Santiago, Chile.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to take on the role of APPLICATIONS
PROGRAMMER - INTERMEDIATE in our Vancouver, British Columbia office.
Job Description:
The Oppenheimer technology environment consists of PROGRESS-based E-Commerce,
Sales, Logistics and Financials software running on IBM RS/6000 AIX/Unix and
NT servers. The Information Technology (IT) department supports internal
staff and contractors, as well as personnel at cold storage/pier locations,
retail customer, supplier and other vendor locations.
The incumbent's primary responsibility is to develop and support Oppen-
heimer's suite of application software, in accordance with the company's
strategic plan. This role comprises software design, coding, testing,
debugging, documentation and maintenance. Under the direction of Senior
Programmer/Analysts, the incumbent will be expected to work from business
and technical specifications for new development, as well as to perform
ad hoc queries and reporting as required.
Individuals that are highly motivated, committed to excellent customer
service, and comfortable working in a team environment would be ideally
suited for this role. Individuals must be capable of working at the highest
technical level in all phases of systems analyses and programming, and as
such require extensive work experience with a solid educational foundation
in computer sciences.
The individual must be well-organized, flexible, detail orientated and
comfortable working in a fast paced and changing work environment.
Specific Responsibilities:
* Develop procedures to solve complex problems using information systems
* Prepare detailed specifications for application programs
* Design, code, test, debug and document programs
* Develop user documentation
* Train and support end users
* Other miscellaneous projects and administration duties as assigned
Job Requirements:
* Extensive knowledge of accounting, financials, sales, inventory
and logistics systems
* Minimum three years of professional experience in an intermediate
capacity
* Extensive development experience with Progress 4GL
* Experience with the Xponent development environment would be an asset
* Knowledge of database design and Progress RDBMS implementation
* Strong analytical skills, with extensive experience in development
methodologies and Case tools
* Office automation skills (MS Word, Excel, Access, SQL Server)
* Working knowledge of Unix systems
We thank you for your interest.
You must be eligible to work in Canada in order to be considered for this
position. You MUST have PROGRESS experience to be considered for this position.
Please send your resume ASAP to:
Human Resources, The Oppenheimer Group
3462 Cornett Rd.
Vancouver, BC V5M 2H1
email: jobs@oppyproduce.com
fax: (604) 629-1240
website: www.oppyproduce.com
Please only send plain Text or RTF formatted email or resumes as a PDF, DOC,
or TXT attachment only.
A challenging opportunity to join an international organization.
Position: Applications Programmer - Intermediate
Reports to: Director, Information Technology
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
What We Do:
The sales-driven Oppenheimer Group is an international produce marketing
company that has been providing world-class produce solutions for over 140
years. Our head office is located in Vancouver, British Columbia and our US
offices are located in Seattle, Los Angeles, Visalia, Wilmington, Houston,
Chicago, Miami and Tampa. We also have an office in Calgary, Alberta and
Santiago, Chile.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to take on the role of APPLICATIONS
PROGRAMMER - INTERMEDIATE in our Vancouver, British Columbia office.
Job Description:
The Oppenheimer technology environment consists of PROGRESS-based E-Commerce,
Sales, Logistics and Financials software running on IBM RS/6000 AIX/Unix and
NT servers. The Information Technology (IT) department supports internal
staff and contractors, as well as personnel at cold storage/pier locations,
retail customer, supplier and other vendor locations.
The incumbent's primary responsibility is to develop and support Oppen-
heimer's suite of application software, in accordance with the company's
strategic plan. This role comprises software design, coding, testing,
debugging, documentation and maintenance. Under the direction of Senior
Programmer/Analysts, the incumbent will be expected to work from business
and technical specifications for new development, as well as to perform
ad hoc queries and reporting as required.
Individuals that are highly motivated, committed to excellent customer
service, and comfortable working in a team environment would be ideally
suited for this role. Individuals must be capable of working at the highest
technical level in all phases of systems analyses and programming, and as
such require extensive work experience with a solid educational foundation
in computer sciences.
The individual must be well-organized, flexible, detail orientated and
comfortable working in a fast paced and changing work environment.
Specific Responsibilities:
* Develop procedures to solve complex problems using information systems
* Prepare detailed specifications for application programs
* Design, code, test, debug and document programs
* Develop user documentation
* Train and support end users
* Other miscellaneous projects and administration duties as assigned
Job Requirements:
* Extensive knowledge of accounting, financials, sales, inventory
and logistics systems
* Minimum three years of professional experience in an intermediate
capacity
* Extensive development experience with Progress 4GL
* Experience with the Xponent development environment would be an asset
* Knowledge of database design and Progress RDBMS implementation
* Strong analytical skills, with extensive experience in development
methodologies and Case tools
* Office automation skills (MS Word, Excel, Access, SQL Server)
* Working knowledge of Unix systems
We thank you for your interest.
You must be eligible to work in Canada in order to be considered for this
position. You MUST have PROGRESS experience to be considered for this position.
Please send your resume ASAP to:
Human Resources, The Oppenheimer Group
3462 Cornett Rd.
Vancouver, BC V5M 2H1
email: jobs@oppyproduce.com
fax: (604) 629-1240
website: www.oppyproduce.com
Please only send plain Text or RTF formatted email or resumes as a PDF, DOC,
or TXT attachment only.